HOBOKEN, N.J. (September 19, 2007) – Senior Dana Bacalla, junior Whitney Bender and freshman Allyson Kingman were all double-winners as the Stevens Institute of Technology women's tennis team improved to 9-0 on the season with a 6-3 victory over Drew University on Wednesday in Hoboken, N.J. The Rangers are 0-1 after the loss.

At No. 1 doubles, Bacalla and Kingman combined for an 8-2 win over sophomore Michelle Gbelama (Trenton, N.J.) and freshman Sarit Ashkenazi (Kingston, Jamaica). Bender and junior Rebecca Ryba teamed up for an 8-2 win over freshmen Carly Mora (Sparta, N.J.) and Sarah Cronholm (North Attelboro, Mass.) at second doubles. In the third-doubles position, sophomore Natalie Schloeder and freshman Kendra Appleheimer dropped an 8-4 decision to senior Alex Holzman (Honolulu, Hawaii) and Amber Porzio (West Milford, N.J.).

Bacalla led off singles with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Ashkenazi in the first flight. Bender dropped a total of one game in her 6-1, 6-0 victory against Holzman at No. 2 singles. Kingman was a straight-sets winner (6-2, 6-4) against Gbelama in the third flight. Appleheimer defeated Mora by the score of 6-0, 6-2 in the fourth-singles slot. Ryba dropped a tough three-set match (4-6, 6-4, 5-10) at fifth singles to Cronholm. Porzio needed three sets to defeat Schloeder at sixth singles. The score of that match was 3-6, 6-4, 10-4 in favor of the Rangers.

Stevens will be back in action this weekend as the Ducks take part in the ITA Northeast Regional Tournament. Those contests will be held at William Smith College in Geneva, N.Y.